I agree with jojobeach. She may have one wire loose inside her.
This lady has a paid 3room flat, she is living alone and all she
need to worry about is her 3 meals a day, utiltiy telephone scc
bills. 3 room is not that bad. she is a private tutor so she must
have received some education. she will have no problem taking care
of herself and should not be living in such a manner.
i suspect sometime back in her life something bad or unpleasant
might have happen to her, or smply some mental or illnesses casing
her to behave like that.
in any buy sell business, we know if it involves items the size
and encumbrance is the matter. no one will keep bulking items on no
guarantee or selling in a long term as it takes up inventory space.
i wonder if she even know the refrigerator she colected is working
or not. if not working properly she can repair it> at what price
she can selling after that even if she get it repaired? anyone will
even but from her considering the cost of transport and repair,
versus selling price and profit margin?
You must understand that people with Hoarding disorders see
values on items very differently than normal people.
First there's the Sentimental Value... then there's the
perceived market value ... on the items she collected.
Sentimental values are the hardest to get rid of... and no one
should force a person with such disorder to discard those
items.
Perceived market value.. to a normal person.. it's junk, trash,
zero value... but for a person with such disorder.. she see the
items having a much higher value.
You simply cannot expect her to be willing to "throw away" or
"donate" these items. Because in her eyes.. those stuffs are not
junks. Doing so is like wrenching out money from her already poor
pocket.
eg. A broken refrigerator may be zero value to you.. but she
believe she can sell it for a couple hundred dollars when
the need arises.
Hoarding is about keeping the items for future uses. People in
disaster prone area will hoard food and water. People in war torn/
post war countries all behave in the same way. Whenever there's the
danger of limited future resources and
unpredictable supply.
Hoarding then becomes a method to SURVIVE.
It's a tough road... I hope the authorities will treat her
humanely and send some qualified mental health personel to
assist her, instead of forcing her to clean
up.
